Three Kingdoms Eschatology

A small half of the Sasanian war cavalry are well-equipped heavy cavalry, and the total force is nearly twice that of Guan Yu, so they have a lot of advantages in terms of strength.They were a little confused at first when Liang Jun's Qingqi Feiyu attacked, but then they calmed down and confronted Liang Jun's war cavalry back and forth.

In the endless fighting, as time went by, the Sasanian war cavalry gained the upper hand more and more.But Guan Yu didn't panic at all, he had already found the opponent's general in several confrontations with the enemy.He reined in his horse's head, led the remaining [-] cavalry and rushed towards the opponent's black cavalry again, shouting loudly: "Conical formation!"

More than [-] cavalry quickly changed their formation behind him, forming a conical cavalry formation.However, Guan Yu was not at the forefront, and his three personal soldiers lined up to block him.In addition, there are two personal soldiers guarding him.

When the frontmost soldier was still five battles away from the enemy cavalry formation, he fell off his horse with an arrow in his chest.Then the conical cavalry rushed into the Sasanian cavalry, and the two Guan Yu's personal soldiers in front swung four-foot-long sabers and stabbed fiercely.

One of them collided with the oncoming enemy cavalry and died together.The other man slashed at the head of the opposite enemy cavalry with a sword on his horse. Unfortunately, the opponent was a heavy cavalry wearing a solid iron helmet, and only a few sparks splashed.Then he was shot off the horse by the opponent, and the spear passed through his body and could not be recovered.The Sassanian heavy cavalry was then cut off by the Qingqi Feiyu behind Guan Yu with a saber knife.

Guan Yu himself danced the Qinglong Yanyue Saber into a ball of blue light.The enemy cavalry in front of him were all thrown off their horses by this blade, and turned into stumps.Guan Yu went into a battle every time he killed a person, but his eyes were fixed on the enemy general.Seeing Guan Yu rushing to kill him, the Sasanian officer panicked and shouted, "Stop him, block them!"

Before he finished speaking, the three Sassanid warriors in front of him had already rolled off their horses one after another.Guan Yu was less than two battles away from him, the Sasanian general's mind went blank, and he couldn't care less, so he pulled his horse and wanted to flee to one side.It was too late for Guan Yu to slash him with his knife, so he straightened up the Qinglong Yanyue knife and sent it forward fiercely. The semicircular sharp blade of the knife head directly shoveled into the opponent's back, cutting off the spine, heart, and sternum.Then his body was picked up in the air by Guan Yu.

At the same time, more than ten Liang Jun Qingqi Feiyu urged their horses forward, surrounded Guan Yu, and tried their best to kill the enemy cavalry who approached Guan Yu.At the beginning, there were enemy cavalry who came up to try to attack Guan Yu, but when they found that their general was dead and Liang Jun was extremely brave, their will to fight instantly approached zero.Some people began to flee backwards, and more and more people fled, and the scale of the rout became larger and larger.Hundreds of Liang soldiers pursued and killed them with all their strength, and they chased and killed them for more than ten miles before turning around and returning.

When Nejjart got the news, his face was livid, and the result was completely beyond his expectation.His two thousand cavalry were defeated and lost nearly half of their troops.But the opponent only dispatched more than a thousand war cavalry, and in the end it was still unclear how many troops the opponent had.

Just as the Sassanid general Nejjart was hesitating, the rest of Guan Yu's army had already arrived at Xihekou City.At this time, the strength of the Liang army in Xihekou had reached about 7000 people, which was not much less than that of Nejjart.

It wasn't until this time that Nejjart was convinced that the Liang army's reinforcements had only a thousand cavalry at the beginning, but it was too late to regret.

Chapter 815 Take the initiative

In the Yamen of the General's Mansion in Xihekou City.

Yan Huai said to Guan Yu: "We have assembled about [-] troops, and Xihekou can be saved. The Sasanian army is also very knowledgeable, and they never dared to mobilize the army to harass Xihekou City again."

Guan Yu took a sip of tea soup and said with a sneer, "Since they won't come to us, then we will go to them. When they are afraid of our army, we will seize the enemy's camp on the pass."

Yan Huai quickly asked: "Is this what the Holy One meant?"

Guan Yu shook his head and said: "The edict given by the Holy Majesty is only to order someone to strengthen the defense of the West River Estuary. But the edict also said that after the army is fully assembled in the future, it will attack the Sasanian territory in a large scale. To destroy the country. And this pass is the key point from Shendu and Nanguishuang into Sasanian territory. I heard that the Sasanian army is still building the Great Wall day and night behind the pass. If we just sit idly by here, When the imperial army is ready, they will also complete the Great Wall and other fortifications. Then it will be difficult to attack Sasanian territory from our direction."

Although Yan Huai's Department is still under the command of Lin Tao's fleet, his military rank is one level lower than Guan Yu's, and Guan Yu's reputation is far higher than him.So he didn't intend to disobey Guan Yu's intentions, and he bowed his hands to Guan Yu and said, "If that's the case, follow General Guan's policy."

On a sunny day, the Liang army at Xihekou took the initiative to attack and marched towards the southern pass of Mount Suleiman.After they entered the open area near the pass, they formed a huge army formation two miles wide and swept along the coast to the southern end of Mount Suleiman.

When Nejjart heard the scout's report, he was not surprised but delighted.A few days ago, the attack on Xihekou lost soldiers and generals, and he lost a lot of rice by stealing chickens, which made him feel depressed and angry.He thought that Liang Jun took the initiative to go out of the city to attack this time, but it was an opportunity to report the shame of the defeat some time ago.

Nejjart also immediately came out in full force, forming a formation on the plain at the end of the pass ramp.He still has more than 8000 horses, and a small half of these 8000 horses are cavalry.These four thousand iron cavalry are the confidence that he is willing to fight Liang Jun in the wild.

The originally lush wilderness is now full of black, neatly arranged crowds.Flags, spears and spears stood up like a forest.Guan Yu pointed the Qinglong Yanyue Saber in his hand into the air and said, "Kill!".At the same time, Nejjart also swung his hands down mid-air, shouting: "Attack!"

Immediately the sound of horns and war drums rang loudly in the formations of the two armies, and the two broad formations moved forward stepping on the beat of the drums, getting closer and closer.Liang Jun's hundreds of longbowmen took advantage of their shooting range and launched an attack first. Heavy arrows whizzed through the air and rushed towards the Sasanian army formation.

A Sasanian officer riding on a horse and directing the army to move forward just shouted a password, and was shot through the breastplate by a heavy arrow and fell under the horse.All the shield-bearing pawns of the Sasanian army raised their three-foot round shields to cover themselves and the nearby robes.The longbowmen at the back of Liang Jun's army were unable to launch precise sniper shots because of their low terrain and the overlapping crowds in the sea of ​​both armies.Can only carry out concentrated shooting without a target.Therefore, the killing effect cannot be displayed.

When the two armies were less than a hundred paces away, the crossbowmen of the Sasanian army also started shooting at the incoming Liang army.They took advantage of the higher terrain, and every archer could see the situation of Liang Jun's army clearly.Most of them are Syrian archers with extremely precise arrow skills. From time to time, soldiers in the Liang army were injured or injured by arrows.

The long knife in Guan Yu's hand danced into a ball to block the random arrows flying towards him. Although most of the arrows were thrown away, two or three arrows still pierced through his armor.Fortunately, his armor was excellent, and these arrows could not pass through his armor. Except for some skin and flesh on his arm, there was no fatal injury.The sound of orders came one after another in Liang Jun's army.Following these orders, Liang Jun's spear and shield soldiers raised their big shields together to build their unique tortoise shell formation.

No matter how accurate the archery skills of the Syrian archers are, there is nothing they can do to deal with this impenetrable tortoise shell formation.Their generals found that after two rounds of shooting had no effect, they ordered the archers to turn their targets to the Liang army war cavalry on both wings.

Most of the right wing of Liang Jun's formation near the land is Qingqi Feiyu.They had already begun to follow the arc trajectory to detour to the enemy's flank, so even for the archers on the left flank of the Sassanian army, most of the light cavalry flying feathers of the Liang army were out of range of their own bows.As for the heavy armored cavalry on Liang Jun's left wing close to the coast, they relied on their armor and did not care about the opponent's arrows.The arrows of the Syrian archers hit their iron armor, and often fell to the ground with a clang.

Seeing this situation, Nejjart hastily ordered: "The cavalry on both wings charge! Be sure to completely defeat the opponent's cavalry in a short time!" Following his military order, four thousand cavalry deployed on the two wings of the Sasanian army rushed out. The heavy cavalry was in the front, and the light cavalry was in the back, crushing Liang Jun's cavalry head-on.

At the same time, Liang Jun fired a stone bomb and a hot bomb also hit the Sasanian army formation.Some stone bullets instantly shattered a certain Sassanian infantry with a shield attack, and some explosive bullets set off several high flames, wrapping several nearby Sasanian soldiers into burning men.However, such a blow can only cause some confusion in the Sasanian army formation, and will not cause major casualties to it.After all, the number of ballistas is limited, and there are only more than [-] pieces distributed on the front line that is nearly two miles long.

The cavalry on the two wings of the two sides clashed before the infantry of the Chinese army.At the other end of the beach, the cavalry teams on both sides of the hedge are infantry phalanxes on one side of the sea and their own side.They can only confront each other head-on, without any room for maneuver.

The Sasanian war cavalry only had time to fire a round of arrows. Facing the opponent's forest of cavalry, they hurriedly replaced their crossbows with spears, and stood upright to face Liang Jun's heavy cavalry tit for tat.While the horses roared and neighed, rows of knights on both sides were pierced through their bodies by lances. Countless horses fell in a pool of blood, and countless riders rolled off their horses. Some of them were immediately crushed by the iron hooves of the galloping horses.

The mace equipped by Liang Jun's heavy cavalry played a key role here.Once the Sassanid riders let go of their spears, they have to fight with a three-foot-long machete.This kind of scimitar has obvious disadvantages no matter whether it is against a cavalry spear or a Liang Jun mace.However, Liang Jun's mace was able to handle the spear with ease.

A Sasanian heavy cavalry brandished a scimitar to kill a Liang Jun heavy cavalry head-on, but he was still a short distance away from the opponent, and was caught in the chest by the opponent's spear blade.Similarly, not far from them, a Liang Jun heavy cavalry easily swung away a Sasanian cavalry's lance with a mace, and then smashed the stick on the opponent's head.

Chapter 816 The Great Wall Almost Completed

On the wasteland at the foot of Mount Suleiman.When the infantry phalanxes of the Liang Army and the Sasanian Army were only seven or eight battles away from each other, they threw waves of dense javelins at each other.The javelins criss-crossed in the air like torrential rain, so dense that they covered the sky and the sun.

The three-foot round shield of the Sasanian army is obviously not as strong as the protection of the large shield of the Liang army.Many Sasanian soldiers were pierced through their heads, bodies, and limbs by the opponent's javelins while screaming and wailing.Next, the two sides fought gun to gun and shield to shield together.

The shields of the soldiers in the front row on both sides were covered with javelins. The weight and leverage made it difficult for the soldiers holding the shields to lift up the shields. The Liang soldiers in the front row simply supported the shields on the ground.Then he stabbed the spear forward frantically from above the shield wall.The round shields of the Sasanian army could not be operated in this way, and many pawns who could not hold up the shield were stabbed to the ground by the opponent's random spears in a few breaths.

Beads of sweat stood on the forehead of Nejjart, who was watching the battle from a higher place behind.At this moment, he already knew in his heart that his pawns were no match for others, as long as such a battle lasted less than half an hour, his pawns might be defeated or even defeated.At the moment, he can only place his hope on the two-winged cavalry, which he has the advantage of.

When he looked towards the seashore, the heavily armored cavalry on both sides were still confronting each other repeatedly.It seems that the heavy cavalry on your own side who uses the scimitar is at a disadvantage when facing the opponent's heavy cavalry that uses the mace.Fortunately, my side still has an advantage in military strength, maintaining the temporary balance of the situation.

The anxious Nejjart looked towards his left flank again, but he could only see small black dots on the distant skyline, which were the figures of galloping war cavalry from both sides.It turned out that Liang Jun's Qingqi Feiyu tried to go around to the enemy's side from a distance, while Sassan's iron cavalry intercepted the opponent tit for tat.Therefore, both war cavalry have moved away from the main battlefield.

When Qingqi Feiyu was a hundred steps away from the opponent's heavy cavalry, he released a round of arrows.Although their arrows are extremely powerful under the addition of horse speed, they still cannot penetrate the iron armor on the Sasanian heavy cavalry, and most of them are bounced to the ground. If it gets stuck, at most it will cause some skin damage to the hit target.

Qingqi Feiyu saw that his cavalry and shooting had little effect, their generals immediately understood that they could not confront the opponent head-on, and led the cavalry to run away to the outside without hesitation.The cavalry of the Sassanian army could not allow them to slip away, they swung their whips and rode their horses in hot pursuit.The two sides are chasing after each other, and they continue to open their bows as usual.Arrows whizzed past the cavalry one after the other.

A junior Sasanian heavy rider bent his bow and released an arrow, which hit a light rider Feiyu's buttocks.The war horse let out a mournful groan and then jumped sharply, knocking the Liang Jun rider off the saddle who was about to turn around and shoot an arrow.Then the Sassanian heavy cavalryman swung his scimitar and passed in front of the Liang Jun rider, his head fell off in the blink of an eye, and his body fell to the ground at the same time.

The little Sasanian then heard a muffled pop.Surprised, he looked down and saw an arrow with white tail feathers stuck in his breastplate, still trembling slightly.After the astonishment passed, he didn't feel any pain. Knowing that the arrow didn't pierce his flesh, he began to laugh out loud, and took out his bow and arrow to continue chasing and shooting at the enemy cavalry.

Immediately afterwards, he heard the sound of arrows piercing the air again, but this time he didn't pay attention, thinking that the opponent's arrows would hardly hurt him.The moment he changed his mind, he felt a tightness in his chest, as if a certain hand reached into his chest and pinched his heart.

He looked down, but an arrow that was obviously much thicker than the previous one pierced into his chest.He had seen this arrow before. It was a four-foot-long heavy arrow that Liang Junchang's archers would use.Only such a heavy arrow can pierce through his hard armor, but where is the archer Liang Jun here?He didn't have time to think, because the severe pain had already spread, his eyes went dark and he fell off the horse.

Not only him alone, in less than half an hour, fifty or sixty Sasanian heavy cavalry were shot off their horses by heavy arrows.Their leader looked intently, only to find a large number of two-horse chariots parked about a hundred battles away.And he also discovered that those heavy arrows were shot from these chariots.

These chariots are Liang Jun's longbow chariots, all from Guan Yu's army, with a total of nearly a hundred.Before the start of the war, it was quietly arranged here by Guan Yu.Seeing that Liang Jun Qingqi Feiyu couldn't compete head-on with the opposite heavy cavalry, he deliberately lured these Sasanian heavy cavalry here.

The Sasanian heavy cavalry commander saw that his riders were still being killed by the opponent's heavy arrows one after another, so he knew that he could no longer hesitate, and pointed his scimitar in the direction of the longbow chariot: "We must first annihilate They!" After finishing speaking, he pulled the reins, turned around and rushed towards the longbow chariot, and the rest of the heavy cavalry also gave up the light cavalry Fei Yu who was chasing after Liang Jun, and followed closely behind.

The longbow chariots lined up saw the enemy cavalry pounce, but they were as stable as Mount Tai and did not move. The longbowmen in the chariot just opened their bows and arrows, shooting the enemy cavalry off their horses one after another.It wasn't until the opponent was less than two hundred steps away from him that the drivers shook their reins and galloped away, deliberately keeping a distance from the opponent.The longbowman on the car still continued to shoot.

On the seashore, Guan Yu also personally joined the battle group with a sword. Wherever the light of his Qinglong Yanyue sword flashed, blood spattered everywhere, and stumped limbs and arms fell to the ground.The Liang Jun heavy cavalry around him now all had maces in their hands, and they swung hard at the enemy cavalry.

A Sassanian cavalry's scimitar slashed obliquely at a Liang Jun heavy cavalry, and the opponent almost knocked his scimitar away with just a flick of the mace.Then another mace hit his back vest, Sassan Zhanqi spit out a mouthful of blood, and rolled off the horse.Another Sassan warrior rushed forward to rescue him, but saw a flash of blue light, and his head was chopped off by the Qinglong Yanyue Saber.

Liang Jun's right-wing battle ended in the opponent's defeat. At the same time, the Sasanian infantry phalanx of the Chinese army was also crumbling.Guan Yu rushed into their phalanx from the flank without losing the opportunity, and the entire Sasanian army formation collapsed immediately.The broken soldiers fled northward like a tide.All of a sudden, people fought each other, causing countless casualties.On the left wing, the Sasanian heavy cavalry who were chasing them also lost their fighting spirit and scattered in all directions under the gushing fire of the longbow chariot.

Guan Yu led the army to attack from the tail, chasing and killing with all his strength, and followed the defeated Sasanian army to the pass at the southern end of the Suleiman Mountains. them.Only then did Liang Jun realize that the Great Wall that Sasan built here was almost completed, but now it has become Liang Jun's fortification instead.

Chapter 817 The Royal Palace by the Tigris River

In the early summer of the fourth year of Wenzhi, the city of Taixifeng on the banks of the Tigris River was covered in lush greenery.In the palace full of palm trees in the courtyard, the Sasanian emperor Ardashir was meeting with his ministers to discuss court affairs.

Nejjart's attack on the mouth of the West River failed miserably, and news of the loss of the southern pass of Mount Suleiman had reached Tesiphon.The focus of this meeting is to discuss this matter.

Seeing that all the officials arrived, Ardashir said with a livid face: "Nejjart was defeated. He claimed that the Liang army was extremely brave and had a large number of troops. Not only did he fail to capture Xihekou as planned, he also gave Liang army a terrible pain." Instead, they lost the pass at the southern end of Mount Suleiman and lost troops and generals. Everyone, what do you think should be done now?"

As soon as his words fell, someone reported that Nejjart should be accused and beheaded for public display.Ardashir frowned and said, "Nejjart is the governor of Gedrosia Province, and also the chief general of our anti-Liang army. Now is not the time to judge his merits. Even if he is really guilty, punishing him at this time can only Shaking the morale of the army and triggering local rebellions is not beneficial to the empire. What I mean is that you think about how to deal with the Liang army."

Hearing this, the officials looked at each other and began to discuss in a low voice.For a while, no one spoke to Ardashir.After half a quarter of an hour, someone said that they should gather more troops, take back the pass, and then capture Xihekou, slaughtering the Liang army in the city to retaliate, forcing the Liang State to negotiate peace with itself.

But then others voiced their opposition, opposing claims.It can be seen from Nejjart's battle at Xihekou that Liang Jun's strength should not be underestimated.Even if a superior force is gathered to lay down Xihekou to retaliate against Liang Jun's bad temper, it may not be able to force Liang Jun to negotiate peace, but it is more likely to attract Liang Jun's full-scale invasion.Therefore, it is better to consolidate all the border city defenses with the Liang border after regaining the pass, and wait for changes.

Ardasil listened to the arguments of the ministers, and pondered over and over in his heart.At this time, a high-pitched voice came from the hall: "Your Majesty, I think our idea of ​​taking a defensive position is wrong. So whether we go out to teach Liang Jun a lesson and then hold on and hope that the other party will negotiate peace, or we just stick to the border. It’s impossible to keep quiet.”

Ardasil raised his eyes and saw that it was Sulehar, the important minister. He asked, "Sulhar, why do you say that? We will neither attack nor defend? Then what is your opinion?"

Sulehar smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty. The frontier troops from the northern provinces came to report yesterday that the White Huns on the grassland showed signs of moving again. They are gathering horses and grain. They are clearly planning to go south. Not only the White Huns The Xiongnu and various tribes in the eastern part of the grassland also joined in. And they were controlled by an organization called the Beifu Army under the command of Liang Guo."

Ardashir nodded and replied: "I know about this. But you don't have to worry too much. Our northern Great Wall between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea is the strongest, and it is difficult for them to break in. They did this only to attract our troops or It is to wait for an opportunity to infiltrate into the Great Wall to harass and plunder my hinterland."

Sulehar shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't mean to worry about the defense in the north. We are in Guishuang, and the intelligence agencies of the Indian countries have also received information. Liang Jun is continuously gathering towards Lan's City and Cochin Port by land and sea. There is no sign of ending the force. Liang Guo’s actions show that their intention is not just to compete with us, otherwise they will not gather so many troops in the east, north, and south directions. Their move ..."

Speaking of this, Sulehar stopped talking.Ardahill raised his eyebrows immediately, and shouted in a low voice: "Sulhar, you have to speak straight, don't hesitate!"

Only then did Sulehar go on to say: "The minister thought that their move was to prepare for a full-scale war that annexed our Sasanian Empire, not just a local war that made us surrender."

After he finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent, and even Ardashir stayed for a dozen breaths.But Ardasil immediately laughed wildly, and then said: "Sulehar, your judgment is indeed justified. The emperor of Liang Kingdom probably had this arrogant plan. But they really did, and this king will definitely come Liang Jun who committed the crime never came back."

Then he put away his smile and said solemnly: "However, the strength of the Liang Army is no small matter. If we want to resist their full-scale invasion, we must prepare early, and we must devote all our efforts. From now on, we will send all the major armies to the west Move to the east fortresses, cities, and transportation hubs. This time, the king plans to use 50 recruits, 20 standing troops, and all the navy in the Persian Gulf to carry out this decisive battle. In addition, the Mediterranean fleet Transfer to the Persian Gulf."

After hearing this, all the ministers took a breath in shock except Nasulhar.The entire Sasanian Empire has a population of nearly 2000 million, with a daily standing force of 30 troops, in addition to 70 conscripts who can be recruited at any time and 80 soldiers.Ardashir obviously wanted to use all the soldiers of the country to fight Liang Guo.

Ardasil looked at the astonished expressions of the ministers, and said with a smile: "Using so many troops is not just to defend against the Liang army's all-out attack. It is for us to attack the incoming enemy head-on and defeat them." In the end, we will take advantage of the momentum to sweep Guishuang, the Indian countries, and expand the territory of me, the king of kings, several times."

When the officials heard this, they immediately cheered and shouted long live.After everyone quieted down, Sulehar said again: "Your Majesty, our Mediterranean fleet cannot be transferred to the Persian Gulf. In addition, we still have to retake the southern pass of Mount Suleiman, which is the link between the Indus River Plain and the Persian Plateau. Whoever has the right to attack will have the initiative. In the end, we can’t defend passively. If necessary, we can launch an attack on the opponent’s weak points before Liang’s army is assembled.”

Ardasil's expression became solemn again, and he asked, "Sulhar, why is this?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, we can't just focus on Liang Jun, but also guard against Rome, which once made enemies with us. Although we only occupy a small piece of the eastern Mediterranean, we have cut off the Roman Empire. The long Mediterranean coastline makes the Mediterranean Sea no longer their inland sea. They want to take this area back in their dreams. They will definitely attack us when we fight the Liang army, and even Liang Guo and Rome may form an alliance to deal with us .So unless His Majesty doesn’t want to expand his ambitions in the Mediterranean in the future, Beirut’s navy cannot be withdrawn.”

Ardashir nodded and said, "We just captured Mount Lebanon and occupied Beirut at the cost of tens of thousands of soldiers. That is a fulcrum for us to expand our territory along the Mediterranean coast. It cannot be lost."

Chapter 818 The New Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Theater Command

In the Tesiphon palace, Ardasil asked Sulehar again: "Let's not talk about the Mediterranean fleet for now. It is definitely necessary to recapture the southern pass of Mount Suleiman. But you just said that we It is necessary to pre-emptively attack the weak link of Liang Jun, where is the weak link you mentioned?"

Sulehar responded, "Lan's City!"

Ardasil wondered: "Isn't Lan's City one of the gathering places for the Liang army? Why do we have to go to the tiger's mouth to pull out our teeth?"

Sulehar explained: "Although Lan's City is one of the gathering places of the Liang army, the land traffic is much better than the road traffic. According to our detailed reports, the actual situation is indeed the case. There have been two successively in Cochin Port. When the fleet of the Liang army landed, about three or four thousand soldiers and horses landed. There were about seven or eight thousand people in the rendezvous, and the mercenaries of the Greek descendants were added to the total number of tens of thousands. But the Lanshi City has so far Only a cavalry reinforcement of more than a thousand people was received. More importantly, some time ago, there were a large number of troops, about 8000 people left Lanshi City and headed south. If I am not wrong, I will reinforce Xihekou In other words, the current Lanshi City has two or three thousand less elite defenders than usual. In the end, there is no danger for us to defend the Lanshi City. Our army goes directly along the Not a very steep hillside rushes down to the Persian plateau, and it is the plain on the west bank of the Amu Darya River. The Lanshi City is next to the Amu Darya River. After we capture the Lanshi City, we will be able to occupy the entire west bank of the Amu Darya River. Relying on the Amu Darya River to build a new line of defense, and to form a circle with our Great Wall between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea. In this way, we can not only hit the morale of the Liang army, but also obtain a buffer zone hundreds of miles deep."

Ardashir gave a thumbs up approvingly and said: "Sulhar, you are indeed the most intelligent warrior in our Sassanid Empire. This king appointed you as the commander of the eastern theater, with full power to supervise the troops, military and military affairs of the four eastern provinces. Civil matter. After the king has assembled his troops, he will join you in a decisive battle with the Liang army. Drive them back to their hometown, and then sweep across Guishuang's old land and the whole of India."

Sulehar immediately crossed his hands to protect his chest and saluted: "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

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Three days later, the city of Markland in the Gedrosian province near the sea in the southern part of the Persian plateau.A small group of people came along, and they were Sulehar and his followers.Nejjart, the governor of Gedrosia Province, led the officials in the city to go out of the city ten miles, and lined the road to welcome the newly appointed commander of the Eastern Theater Command.

If you go by land, from Taixifeng in Mesopotamia to Markland City, let alone three days, even thirteen days may not be able to go there.However, Sulehar ignored the risks at sea and took a boat directly from Taisifeng along the Tigris River to the sea to Gwadar Port. After landing, he traveled more than [-] miles on the mountain road to the city of Markland.

Nejjart and Sulehar were old acquaintances, and after a few pleasantries, Nejart respectfully welcomed Sulehar into the city.Seeing that Sulehar had never mentioned his fiasco at Xihekou, Nejjart, who was afraid that the other party would come with an edict of guilt, decided that it was unlikely that the court would hold him accountable for the time being.

But at the welcome banquet, Sulehar mentioned the incident at the southern end of Mount Suleiman.Nejjart's face changed, and he hurriedly bowed to Sulehar and said: "I lost the pass, and I can't escape the responsibility of the lower officials, but there is a reason for the incident. The Liang army is too strong, and its strength is quite strong..."

Sulehar quickly stopped his words and said, "Brother Nejart, you have misunderstood me. I am not here to question you on behalf of the King of Kings. I am here to help you regain the pass."

Nejjart breathed a sigh of relief, and instead asked Sulehar, "How many soldiers and horses did the commander bring? When will they arrive here?"

Sulehar laughed and said: "The commander did not bring reinforcements, only himself and a hundred followers came. His Majesty only gave me a title and power. I can only dispatch troops including your province. The soldiers of the four eastern provinces. What I can tell you now is that the imperial court is dispatching troops, and when the troops are assembled, His Majesty will personally lead the troops to fight the Liang army."

Hearing the other party's reply, Nejjart sighed and said: "If the commander-in-chief cannot transfer more troops from other places, it is unlikely that we will recapture the pass. The Liang army has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. In Suleiman There are at least 3000 to 3000 elite soldiers guarding the southern pass. Although there are only [-] to [-] people, the pass is a place where one man guards the pass and ten thousand people cannot open it. We have built strong fortifications there. Two to [-] men are enough to withstand tens of thousands Our soldiers. At the moment, even if we gather all the troops in Gedrosia province, including conscripts, there are only less than [-] troops. And it is impossible for us to gather all the troops in the province at one point, because The rest of the places must also be guarded by the most basic troops.”

After a faint smile, Sulehar just asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Markland City?"

Nejjart was taken aback for a moment, and then replied: "There are only more than 8000 horses, and there are many wounded soldiers among them."

"Then in Gwadar Port, how many warships are available to our army? How many sailors are there?"

"Returning to my lord, in Gwadar Port, our army still has more than 3000 large and small warships, with less than [-] sailors."

Then Sulehar said coldly: "Then these troops are enough to take back the pass, you just need to follow my military order to implement it. In addition, you have to mobilize the conscripts from the whole province now and let them be called into the army immediately. "

Nejjart hurriedly put his hands on his chest and said, "Don't worry, my lord. I will definitely follow your military orders. As for the conscripts. After the conflict between our army and the Liang army, I issued an emergency mobilization order in the whole province. Now all The conscripts are all in place, guarding the towns, strongholds, and fortresses everywhere."

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In the midsummer of the fourth year of Wenzhi, a patrol team and transport team of the Liang Army walked between Xihekou and "Suguan" as usual.This "Suguan" is the new name given by Liang Jun to the southern pass of Suleiman.

The leading officer on horseback suddenly reined in, because he, who was a scout, heard something unusual.Immediately afterwards, he flew off the horse and pressed his ears to the ground.As soon as he touched the ground, his face turned pale, and he exclaimed: "Get ready, a large number of cavalry have appeared nearby!"

A team leader under his command said: "Boss, it may be the cavalry patrol team of our army. They patrol back and forth between the two places on a daily basis."

The general said categorically: "It can't be our cavalry patrol team. Each of them has a maximum of one hundred cavalry. They don't have so many cavalry!" As soon as his voice fell, everyone present felt the ground tremble. , and then heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping like thunder in summer.

There are only more than [-] infantry in this supply team, and half of them are still supply soldiers.The general knew that he could only annihilate the whole army if he was head-on, so he shouted loudly: "Hurry up and burn the baggage, let's withdraw! Hurry up!"

Chapter 819

In the wilderness, one after another, four-wheeled baggage carts were ablaze.Several vehicles even experienced violent deflagration. They were baggage vehicles carrying explosive bombs.More than [-] Liang army infantry fled to the north in panic.

A moment later, the figure of a cavalry team appeared beside the baggage carts that had been burned into balls of fire.

This is a Sasanian war cavalry with nearly [-] cavalry.They boarded the ship at Gwadar Port, and after reaching the southeast coast near the mouth of the Indus River, they abandoned the ship and landed to harass the Liang army.Strangely, there are also a large number of camels mixed in this cavalry team.The number of these camels was comparable to the number of war cavalry, and the camels were obviously carrying heavy loads, which were the food and grass for these Sasanian war cavalry.One camel corresponds to one ride, and the food and grass are enough for them for more than a month.Because of the existence of these camels, which are much heavier than war horses, the leader of Liang Jun thought that the other party had five or six thousand war horses.

The Sasanian general raised his eyes to look at the burning scene, waved his hand and said, "Chase! Kill everyone!"

Immediately, these Sasanian warriors whipped their horses again, drove the camels to follow the trail, and chased after the fleeing Liang Jun.After chasing for less than half an hour.They had already seen each other's figure, and more than a hundred of them ignored the camels, and went straight to chase after them.Before the war cavalry arrived, they opened their bows and released their arrows.Liang Bing, who was running slowly, was shot and fell to the ground from time to time.

One of the Liang soldiers was running when he suddenly felt someone push his back and almost lost his center of gravity. He staggered forward several steps before he stabilized his footing.It turned out that an arrow from the opponent hit his back, but this arrow hit the thickest part of the ring armor, causing the arrow clusters to fail to pass through the bronze armor, and only pierced a little skin on the opponent's back, causing some damage. tingling.But there was a rush of horseshoes coming from the Liang army soldier's ears, and then a lance spear pierced the back of his neck...

The Sasanian cavalry slaughtered the Liang soldiers like cutting tofu with knives.Fortunately, a Wubao appeared in front of Liang Jun soldiers running at the forefront.It was Liang Jun who built the Wubao named Heihubao between Suguan and Xihekou City.

The generals headed by Liang Jun were the only ones with mounts, so they ran at the forefront.When he was twenty battles away from Wubao, which had opened the gate to welcome them, he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly stopped his mount.Then he shouted to the soldiers: "Hurry up and enter Wubao, remember to hold on, at least eight hours. When the time is up, reinforcements will come to rescue!"

After he finished his orders, he urged the horse to gallop again.However, he did not enter Wubao, but passed around Wubao and flew directly to Suguan.It turned out that because Su Guan had just seized it not long ago, the pigeons in Su Guan's pigeon house did not recognize their nests, so they could not use flying pigeons to pass letters.So he had to go to Suguan to report to Guan Yu in person.Soon after he left, nearly [-] Sassanid cavalry encircled Wubao.